While an understanding of electronic principles is vitally important for scientists and engineers working across many disciplines, the breadth of the subject can make it daunting. This textbook offers a concise and practical introduction to electronics, suitable for a one-semester undergraduate course as well as self-guided students. Beginning with the basics of general circuit laws and resistor circuits to ease students into the subject, the textbook then covers a wide range of topics, from passive circuits to semiconductor-based analog circuits and basic digital circuits. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter, and answers to select questions are included at the end of the book. The complete solutions manual is available for instructors to download, together with eight laboratory exercises that parallel the text. Now in its second edition, the text has been updated and expanded with additional topic coverage and exercises.

‘If mathematics is the language of theoretical physics, then electronics is surely the toolbox of experimental physics. Dennis Eggleston's book is an excellent user's guide for the toolbox. Now in its second edition, this book continues to provide support for those learning about electronics. It preserves the emphasis on analysing circuits using physical understanding and mathematical models, rather than simulations with idealized components, and this is backed up with downloadable laboratory exercises. An expanded list of problems at the end of every chapter further help with the learning process.’

David Hanna - McGill University

‘In our laboratory electronics course, I use Eggleston's concise book to complement the hands-on and intuitive approach taken in our lab exercises. Eggleston gets the mathematical level and the depth of coverage just right for a one-semester course intended for physics or physical-science majors.’

Bill Ashmanskas - University of Pennsylvania